Movianto plans to open its third site in Germany in the Baden-Württemberg VGP Park Wiesloch-Walldorf in the summer of 2026. At the new site, for the first time in Germany, it will also be possible to store frozen pharmaceuticals and medicines, according to the company.
Dennis Spamer, Managing Director of Movianto for Germany, Austria and Switzerland:
"This will double our storage capacity in the cooling area, and for the first time we will also offer frozen logistics in Germany. A long-term lease with the Belgian family-owned company VGP has been signed and the building is already standing. This month we can begin interior construction and plan to put the facility into operation in two steps in the second and third quarters
of 2026."
Ultra-deep freezing down to minus 80 degrees is possible
The new site in the VGP Park Wiesloch-Walldorf is geographically part of the Baden-Württemberg municipality of Wiesloch and is located near the Walldorf interchange of the A5 and A6.
The logistics company rents in the business park in the vicinity of the SAP headquarters from the VGP owner 30,000 square meters of warehouse space and 1,500 square meters of office space. The entire warehouse has been designed with temperature control and divided into different temperature zones. Spamer:
"We will initially have space for 30,000 pallet positions in the ambient area, i.e., at 15 to 25 degrees, in the second step around 10,000 spots in the cold storage area at 2
to 8 degrees, and 1,200 in the deep-freeze area at minus 20 degrees. If needed, we also offer deep-freeze storage at minus 40 degrees as well as ultra-deep freezing down to minus 80 degrees."
Plans call for a two-shift operation and the employment of up to 180 employees, it continues.
Safe, clean and economical
To meet the EU requirements of Good Distribution Practice (GDP) for medicines, all processes—from goods receipt, through inbound and outbound storage, picking and shipping—are to be GDP-certified.
As soon as the site also takes on manufacturing tasks, a corresponding GMP license (Good Manufacturing Practice) is planned as well. To ensure the highest possible security standard, the pharmaceutical logistics provider aims for a TAPA-C certification for the site.
The Transport Asset Protection Association (TAPA), founded by shippers, is a global association dedicated to protecting sensitive goods, has defined the highest security requirements and checks compliance with special certifications.
Environmentally friendly operation
At the same time, the property is to be DGNB-certified and classified as Gold under that standard.
In addition to a heat pump heating system, which can also be used for cooling, LED lighting, rainwater infiltration, and a photovoltaic system (PV) will enable an economical and environmentally friendly operation, it says.
The photovoltaic system on the roof is expected to produce around 3,100 megawatt-hours of electricity per year. This would be more than the company's projected electricity consumption at the site, so the surplus would be fed into
